Eratosthenes' Geography.

This is the first modern edition and first English translation of one of the earliest and most important works in the history of geography, the third-century Geographika of Eratosthenes. In this work, which for the first time described the geography of the entire inhabited world as it was then known...

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Author / Creator: Eratosthenes.
Other Authors / Creators:Roller, Duane W.
Eratosthenes, Eratosthenes.
Roller, Duane W. W.
Roller, Duane W.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • Abbreviations
  • Eratosthenes and The History of Geography
  • The Background
  • The Life of Eratosthenes
  • The Geographika of Eratosthenes
  • The Reception and Later History of the Geographika
  • Eratosthenes, Geographika
  • Book 1.
  • Book 2.
  • Book 3.
  • Summaries and Commentaries
  • Commentary to Book 1.
  • Commentary to Book 2.
  • Commentary to Book 3.
  • Gazetteer
  • Maps
  • Appendices
  • Appendix 1. On the Measurement of the Earth
  • Appendix 2. Testimonia for the Life of Eratosthenes
  • Appendix 3. Lengths of Measurement
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Passages Cited
  • General Index